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2015-10-05 Singapore Science


TODAYonline
   
Mangrove arboretum to open in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve   
TODAYonline
Left to right: Japanese Ambassador Haruhisa Takeuchi, Mr Mogi, Mr Khaw and Ministry of National Development Second Permanent Secretary Chew Hock Yong. Photo: Laura Elizabeth Philomin. mail · print. View all 0 comments ...

NParks launches mangrove conservation area at Sungei Buloh   Channel News Asia

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The Nation
   
Six experts vie for top UN climate science job   
The Nation
Six candidates are vying to become head of the UN's top authority on climate change science this week, seeking to narrow down uncertainties about future warming to guide a trillion-dollar shift to greener energies. Top scientists - all men - from ...

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OpEdNews
   
Warmer Winters Slow the Growth of Forest Giants   
OpEdNews
LONDON—Spring is arriving ever earlier as greenhouse gas levels rise and global temperatures warm, and the northern hemisphere growing season is now two weeks longer than it was in 1900. But, paradoxically, new research shows that forest giants that ...


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Business Today
   
Climate change mitigation isn't bereft of solutions   
Business Today
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar poses after an interview with Reuters inside his office in New Delhi, India, September 21, 2015. (Photo: Reuters). WE RECOMMEND. Google officially becomes Alphabet · Pending tax issues will be referred to Shah ...


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Times of India
   
Outcry over gene editing to create pet micro-pigs   
The Straits Times
BEIJING • Genetic editing techniques used to create tiny pigs that are to be sold as pets have triggered a furore, with animal rights groups alleging that the creation of micro-pigs could be harmful to the animals. The technique pioneered by scientists ...
Scientists in China Have Created Tiny Designer Pigs for $1600 Each   Jezebel
Gene-modified micropig pets spark rights row   The Asian Age
Chinese micropigs with modified genes spark outrage   Financial Express
Huffington Post   
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TODAYonline
   
Canadian university head proposed rocket spaceflight in 1861   
TODAYonline
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all 0 comments. Published: 9:17 AM, October 5, 2015. ONTARIO (Canada) — Rocket-based ...


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The Straits Times
   
Some newly coined words are simply 'hilazing'   
The Straits Times
A couple of weeks ago, two of my New York Times colleagues chronicled digital culture trends that are so newish and niche-y that conventional English dictionaries don't yet include words for either of them. In an article on Sept 20, Stephanie ...
An Online Dictionary Plans to Catalog a Million Emerging English Words   Gizmodo

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AsiaOne
   
Trouble rearing chicks means fewer swallows in central Tokyo   
AsiaOne
“If we can put up with just a little inconvenience, it can also be a pleasant place for swallows to live,” says Yoshihiko Kaneko, pointing to a swallow's nest at JR Toyoda Station in Tokyo. Photo: The Japan News/ANN ...

Changing world for Tokyo birds / Trouble rearing chicks means fewer swallows ...   The Japan News

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New York Times
   
Farmer finds woolly mammoth bones in US field   
gulfnews.com
LIMA TOWNSHIP, Michigan: On Monday, James Bristle and a friend were digging in his soybean field when they unearthed what looked like a bent fence post, caked with mud. Instead, it was part of a pelvis from an ancient woolly mammoth that lived up to ...

Farmer finds woolly mammoth bones   Times of India

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Christian Science Monitor
   
Scientists discover huge tsunami 73000 years ago. Could it happen again?   
Christian Science Monitor
The history of an ancient 'megatsunami' off the coast of Africa may highlight our current problems with tsunami prediction. By Story Hinckley, Staff October 4, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. A tsunami generated by a volcanic flank collapse is ...
Ancient 850-Foot Tsunami Could Happen Again   Discovery News

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